strip_tags

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[edit] Description

strip_tags returns an string with all HTML and PHP tags removed.

Note: strip_tags does not actually validate the HTML, partial, or broken tags. This can result in removal of text or other unexcepted things.

Note: Comments get stripped since PHP 4.3.0. This is can not be changed with allowable_tags.

[edit] Parameters

string strip_tags (string input [, string allowable_tags])

[edit] Parameter Infos

Parameter	PHP Version	Type
strip_tags	4 or 5	returns string
input	4 or 5	string
allowable_tags	3 >=3.0.13, 4 or 5	string

[edit] Examples

[edit] Example 1:

<?php
 $link = '<a href="#somewhere">I am a link</a> <!-- Comment -->';
 $text = 'I <?php echo "dont"; ?> like PHP ;)';
 echo strip_tags($link);
 echo strip_tags($text);
?>

[edit] Output

I am a link
I like PHP ;)

[edit] See also

htmlspecialchars

For more details on this function, visit its entry in the php manual.